I have 17 years on my 12,000 pound trailer and am still running the original shoes. But I do not have to deal with the corrosion that you guys out East have. We pay for that with the brutal never ending winters.
Replacing the backing plates with everything on them really is the way to go when it comes to trailers. The parts are cheap enough, and you catch all the problems at once.
As you mentioned Bob, better to have found out in the yard than on the highway.
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